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Harbourfront Centre: Target Audience?

Within this post, I am going to talk about two museum experiences we had on the same day at the Harbourfront Centre – that is, the Museum of Toronto’s Mr. Dessup to Degrassi exhibit and the Ontario Science Centre’s KidSpark.  Both experiences had me asking the same question – who is the target audience? Museum…

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Moooooseum Visit

Welcome to my first post reflecting on museum visits! I am starting with a fairly short post on the Toronto Zoo (my kid’s favorite “mooooooseum”).  Background We have been to the zoo twice this year.  In January, we lucked out and got a free ticket to the Zoo through the Toronto Public Library’s Museum +…

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Reflecting on Museum Visits

I’m back! Parenting full time involves much less writing than I originally planned and hoped. That being said, I have the privilege of time to visit a lot of museums, which is amazing! So far this year, I have visited 22 museums: During these visits, I am seeing so many interesting exhibits and would like…

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